Monty Oum, 1981
Writers · June 22, 1981
Monty Oum
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Monty Oum is 44 years old, born June 22, 1981 in United States · Cancer.
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About
Monty Oum turned viral gaming animations into a career defining web animation. Born in the US in 1981, he released Haloid in 2007, a crossover video pitting Halo and Metroid characters against each other, then followed with Dead Fantasy. He joined Rooster Teeth as lead animator for Red vs. Blue and created the original series RWBY. A Cancer, Oum's work bridged gaming fandom and professional animation before his death in 2015.
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Biography
Monty Oum transformed niche gaming fandom into professional animation through viral shorts and original series. Born June 22, 1981, in the US, he worked as an animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. His breakthrough came in 2007 with Haloid, an animated video where characters from Halo and Metroid franchises battle each other—the video went viral within gaming communities. Later that year, he released Dead Fantasy, cementing his reputation for high-octane fan animation. Oum joined Rooster Teeth, where he became lead animator for Red vs. Blue and created the original animated series RWBY, a project that defined his career and influenced web animation broadly. As a screenwriter and animator, Oum worked in the overlapping spaces of gaming culture, web video production, and professional studio animation. Born under the sign of Cancer, his life-path number 11 reflects the visionary intensity he brought to collaborative storytelling. Oum suffered a severe iatrogenic allergic reaction in January 2015 and fell into a coma, dying on February 1, 2015, in Austin, Texas, at 33.
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Trivia
- Haloid, released in 2007, went viral by staging a dream matchup between Halo and Metroid characters—a concept born directly from gaming fan imagination.
- Dead Fantasy, his follow-up to Haloid released the same year, established Oum as a prolific creator of high-motion-capture fan animations.
- RWBY, the original animated series he created for Rooster Teeth, became one of the most influential web animations of the 2010s, blending anime aesthetics with Western storytelling.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
Master Number — The Visionary
11 carries the qualities of 2 amplified. Highly intuitive, often associated with thought leaders and trend-setters in their fields.
★ ALL LIFE-PATH 11 CELEBS →★ ASTROLOGY
Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Tian XiweiOx · 1997
- PinkPantheressSnake · 2001
- Janhvi KapoorOx · 1997
- Taylor SwiftSnake · 1989
- Khvicha KvaratskheliaSnake · 2001
CHALLENGING
- Isa BrionesRabbit · 1999
- Rocky
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Frequently asked
- How old is Monty Oum?
- Monty Oum is 44 years old (born June 22, 1981).
- When is Monty Oum's birthday?
- Monty Oum was born on June 22, 1981.
- What is Monty Oum's zodiac sign?
- Monty Oum is a Cancer, born June 22, 1981.
- What is Monty Oum's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Monty Oum was born in 1981, the year of the Metal Rooster.
- Where is Monty Oum from?
- Monty Oum is from United States.
- What does Monty Oum do?
- Monty Oum is a writer.
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